my %seen; my @array = grep !$seen{$_}++, LIST; #### my %seen; my @array = grep !$seen{$_}++, @array, $new_value; #### my %edges; while () { my($node1, $node2) = split; my %seen; @{$edges{$node1}} = grep !$seen{$_}++, @{$edges{$node1}}, $node2; } #### my %edges; my %seen; while () { my($node1, $node2) = split; next if !$seen{$node1}{$node2}++; push @{$edges{$node1}}, $node2; }